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Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: You Can't Ask for That! Poetry

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After listening to the song "Love Song" by Sarah Bareilles and the poem "Valentine for Ernest Mann" by Naomi Shihab, Nye, student will compare and contrast the ideas in them. Sara Bareilles didn't think you can ask for a love song because she personally believed that idea; Naomi Shihab Nye wrote about not being able to ask for a poem because she personally believed that idea. Students need to find a topic for their poem that they personally believe in.

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compare and contrast, poetry writing
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Additional Tags
topic they believe in, "love song" by sarah bareilles, northern nevada writing project, writingfix, the poem "valentine for ernest mann" by naomi shihab, writing poetry
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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